Comments on: The Politics of Search: it’s just beginning…http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html
I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere....Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:48:39 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: » Google vs. Innovation - John Andrews - johnon.comhttp://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64155
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:30:40 +0000http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64155[…] I was reviewing my DiamondsDirect.com post and noticing that Google had (manually?) corrected all of the embarassing bits I noted in that post, while avoiding acknowledging their censorship of the web via profiling (parked pages, innovative methods etc). In the past I have vocally encouraged Google’s support for creativity and the expansion of the web. But for many years I have also noted that Google’s business model leads it towards biased censorship and anti-competitive practices. It looks like we are seeing plenty of that now. […]
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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:30:00 +0000http://www.johnon.com/426/google-seo.html#comment-64133Update 11/2007:

Since this article was published, Google has removed the offending “made for adsense” site that showed Google does include and rank sites of low quality. Google has also removed the hyphenated parsing exploit domain which was noted at GoDaddy’s parked page warehouse.

So we know Google is actively monitoring and correcting what it decides makes for bad public perception. Selectively.

The core problem remains, however, in that certain sites are excluded sans explanation, despite obvious awareness of that fact. Does that confirm intent? Confirm that Google deliberately denies access to certain sites based not on “technical factors” but rather censorship?